Past Film/Video | Classics

Cane River

(Horace B. Jenkins, 1982)

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The young couple at the center of Cane River talk while riding horses together in a meadow.

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Apr 17, 2020–May 08, 2020

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One of the rare independent films created by an all African American cast and crew in the early 1980s, Cane River was also the first and, sadly, the only drama by documentarian Horace B. Jenkins, who died at the age of 42 just a few months after the film debuted. Set in one of Louisiana’s first “free communities of color,” the film follows the courtship of a young couple (he’s Creole, she’s black) as they confront the barriers of heritage, religion, and family opinion. (104 mins., digital video)

Cane River, image courtesy of Oscilloscope Films.

Peter (actor Richard Romain) stands conversing with Maria, (Tommye Myrick) seated on a stool in front of a brick wall.

Cane River, image courtesy of Oscilloscope Films.

A group of people gather around to greet the male protagonist, Peter, with a “Welcome Home” banner in the background.

Cane River, image courtesy of Oscilloscope Films.

The young male protagonist gallops past trees on a horse while holding a closed book in one hand.

Cane River, image courtesy of Oscilloscope Films.

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